Volume 2 Chapter 2 (2/2)

“This feels nice. I might be able to do it with this.”

She said so as she licked her lower lip, her tongue still stuck out.

“There’s some nice pebble three kilometers away so I’ll try firing at them.”

“Will you use the gun’s legs or will you shoot standing up?”

“I’ll manage by myself.”

The anti-materiel rifle which had a length of 1450 mm originally used two legs so that it may be easily fired as one laid on the ground.

Without them, one would be hard pressed to aim due to the gun’s excessive length and weight.

Ancient Elf chose not to use the gun’s legs and instead was aiming as she stood. Despite that, however, her gun was steady.

Such wasn’t due to her physical strength alone; she was also using the wind to support herself. What a convenient ability that was.

I produced a pair of binoculars using my [Creation] and checked the target she was aiming at.

“Here I go!”

She pulled the trigger and an explosive sound was heard.

The intensity of the 12.77 mm bullet was indeed different.

The bullet then easily smashed the target 3 kilometers ahead.

At the same time the bullet was released though, I sensed wind magic power.

Indeed, the shooter of magical projectiles.

“Ancient Elf, that bullet was kinda weird, wasn’t it? It was more like it accelerated further than be impeded by the air resistance.”

“Ah, I get what you mean. I borrowed the wind’s powers. I asked it not to get in the way of that little one and instead help it a little.”

What an unfair ability.

Normally, the faster an object went, the more wind resistance it met. Furthermore, the greater the distance was, the greater the wind’s effects were.

And yet, Ancient Elf nullified those and even turned it into an advantage.

There probably wasn’t any monster more suited to long-distance shooting than she was.

It was also likely that she used the wind to help cushion the recoil. Otherwise, she would have felt pain from the intense recoil.

“You did better than expected. You’ll be using that weapon from now on, Ancient Elf.”

If she could use the difficult-to-handle Pallet ML82A1 that easily, there wouldn’t be any problems rising up any time soon, hopefully.

I needed to prepare a secondary weapon for her though, in the event that her enemy had managed to shorten the distance between.

As I was thinking of such, Elder Dwarf approached.

She spoke in a rather timid manner.

“Elf, if it would please you, I can increase that gun’s firepower for you. I can also give you bullets like the ones the Mithril Golems use for their heavy machineguns. Just by replacing its materials alone, its strength will increase. It won’t take much time either.”

“El-chan, that’s amazing! You’re so cute but you’re also so smart. For sure, please do so! If you could do that, the bullets will follow a smoother trajectory and then fly far far away.”

Was this one a certain kind of long-range shooting enthusiast?

Well no matter, Ancient Elf’s weapon had now been decided.

“Which reminds me, have you remodeled your own weapon, Elder Dwarf?”

I had been slightly wondering about it. I knew that, until recently, remodeling Kuina’s shotgun had taken up most of her time but at the moment, she should have had enough to improve her own weapon.

“It’s still on the planning stage. I’m aiming for it to have both accuracy and firepower without sacrificing its ease of use. For now though, there’s no way to make sure it won’t break after raising its power to be like their weapons.”

I see, do your best then, I thought, I’m looking forward to it.

Perhaps the results of her work would bring about a technological breakthrough.

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Afterwards, we spent a bit more time target shooting.

I was especially surprised by the mid-air shooting Ancient Elf did. She precisely shot her targets as she swiftly flew using wind magic. No doubt that would become a considerable tactical advantage.

“Oh yeah, I forgot to mention it but we will be going to a human town tomorrow.”

I informed them so as we were on our way back. And the moment I did so, each of them was surprised in their own unique way.

Actually, I had already decided on doing so for some time ago.

In order to attract humans into my town, I first had to know one.

And so, I’ll go to a human town and see lots of things.